A double album CD featuring early recordings entitled: Hammer Dulcimer & Guitar, MM101, and Hammered Dulcimer Traditions, MM102, now combined into one long playing CD- it's over sixty minutes of all-instrumental music! It... more &raquo includes all the music from the original recording: Hammer Dulcimer & Guitar-which is taditional tunes from the British Isles, Ireland and America performed on hammered dulcimer, guitar, fiddle and bodhran. Includes: Irish airs by 18th-century Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan: Si Bheag, Si Mhor and Planxty Browne; Irish Washerwoman with new variations; Greensleeves and Fingal's March on fingerstyle guitar; Dill Pickles Rag and The Poppyleaf Hornpipe.And, Hammered Dulcimer Traditions: a lively collection of jigs, reels and hornpipes from Ireland, with Scottish strathspeys, airs by Turlough O'Carolan, French-Canadian tunes, medieval and Renaissance dances and a country rag. Includes: Sailor's Hornpipe (a new variation), Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Parson's Farewell, Scotch Mist, Shandon Bells and Bridget Cruise by O'Carolan.&laquo less

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A double album CD featuring early recordings entitled: Hammer Dulcimer & Guitar, MM101, and Hammered Dulcimer Traditions, MM102, now combined into one long playing CD- it's over sixty minutes of all-instrumental music! It includes all the music from the original recording: Hammer Dulcimer & Guitar-which is taditional tunes from the British Isles, Ireland and America performed on hammered dulcimer, guitar, fiddle and bodhran. Includes: Irish airs by 18th-century Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan: Si Bheag, Si Mhor and Planxty Browne; Irish Washerwoman with new variations; Greensleeves and Fingal's March on fingerstyle guitar; Dill Pickles Rag and The Poppyleaf Hornpipe.And, Hammered Dulcimer Traditions: a lively collection of jigs, reels and hornpipes from Ireland, with Scottish strathspeys, airs by Turlough O'Carolan, French-Canadian tunes, medieval and Renaissance dances and a country rag. Includes: Sailor's Hornpipe (a new variation), Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Parson's Farewell, Scotch Mist, Shandon Bells and Bridget Cruise by O'Carolan.

CD Reviews

Great!

07/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Since I play the hammered dulcimer I am a big fan of Maggie Sansones music.This CD is very diverse, from guitar solos to slow dances, although most of these are reels that make you want to tap your feet to the rythm. Some have interesting percussion instruments such as bones, dombek and finger cymbals. If you enjoy any hammered dulcimer music you'll enjoy this CD and her other hammered dulcimer music CD, Mist & Stone."

Perfection!

Spin Again | Bham, AL USA | 01/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I know NOTHING about the hammered dulcimer but I do know great music when I hear it. This is perfection. The 23 tracks on this double CD offer a range of selections showcasing the talents of Maggie and her group."